{"id":2976,"date":"2015-09-30T07:14:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T07:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/2015\/09\/30\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\/"},"modified":"2015-09-30T07:14:49","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T07:14:49","slug":"bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/2015\/09\/30\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\/","title":{"rendered":"#BathKidsLitFest Day 6: Read everything and Write everything. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s reading a phone book or writing an email. The more you do it, the better you\u2019ll be at both"},"content":{"rendered":"

Animal Stories with Piers Torday and Erin Hunter (Victoria Holmes)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I first read Erin Hunter\u2019s Into the Wild<\/em> when I was about 9 years old. At that point, I had turned away from reading altogether, not being interested in anything that wasn\u2019t my beloved Magic Tree House<\/em> books (a very popular American series at the time). I had received the first Warriors <\/em><\/strong>book for Christmas that year and hadn\u2019t looked at it since ripping off the wrapping paper. My mother persistently insisted that I give it a read, and eventually I gave in. The Warriors<\/em> series follows Rusty, a house cat who wanders into the forest and joins one of the four clans of wild cats. The series now has 70 books with up to 490 characters. I\u2019ve read at least 20 of them, and I thought that was a lot! Erin Hunter, the pen name of Victoria Holmes and her assisting writers, turns out more books in a year than many authors do in a life time. Her publishers came to her one day and asked if she could write about cats. Ironically, Victoria hated cats. So what she did instead was write about what she found interesting; death, religion, politics, and romance. She explained that using cats, or any animal for that matter, is a great way to talk about bigger issues without estranging the reader. Cats grow up much faster than humans do, and therefore experience life much faster as well. It gives the characters a dimensionality that is limited when writing through the eyes of a 12 year old. In my experience with her books, I\u2019d have to say she\u2019s 100% right. I not only appreciated reading about more adult themes, but it helped me grow up into a more aware person. Yes, a bunch of cats helped me understand the inner workings of politics and the importance of honor and loyalty.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s Piers Torday and his books The Last Wild<\/em>.<\/strong> A former stage and television producer, his trilogy about a post-apocalyptic world with very few animals remaining originally was pitched to be a sitcom. As he sat and mulled the idea over more, he realized that what he really wanted to write about was animals no longer having a voice. Therefore, the main character Kester gives voice to these animals in his ability to understand them. Piers said that people have an endless fascination with animals, and therefore they make great vessels for new ways of telling a story. He writes his books in present tense first person, a risky choice to make. But he explained that it\u2019s because the animals are experiencing everything presently, not in the past, therefore he had to write the way they thought. It creates an immediacy and immersion that he particularly enjoys.<\/p>\n

Where the two contrast is in their methods. Piers writes whatever comes to him and follows it where ever it takes him. Victoria has everything planned out. She has to, particularly when she\u2019s handing the reins to another writer. Where Victoria has written too many books to count, Piers has written only the three in his trilogy. But what they both agreed on was how the worlds they build eventually start to do the writing for them. The larger the world becomes, the more stories and characters pop up out the woodwork. And they both shared the same bit of advice: Read everything and Write everything<\/strong>. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s reading a phone book or writing an email. The more you do it, the better you\u2019ll be at both. I have to say I agree. While I haven\u2019t ready The Last Wild<\/em> trilogy, I can say that reading Warriors<\/em> has affected me and my family very deeply. It gave me the creative faculty to come up with stories of my own and pursue a degree in Creative Writing.<\/p>\n

After reading either of these authors, the next time you almost step on a pigeon or see a cat dart across an alley you\u2019ll stop and wonder what sort of world they\u2019re truly living in.<\/p>\n

-Tina Berardi<\/p>\n

Bath Festivals Intern<\/p>\n

Piers Torday and Erin Hunter appeared at The Telegraph Bath Children’s Literature Festival<\/strong> on Sunday 27 September. The Festival continues until Sunday 4 October for the full programme click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Bath Box Office 01225 463362<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Animal Stories with Piers Torday and Erin Hunter (Victoria Holmes) I first read Erin Hunter\u2019s Into the Wild when I was about 9 years old. At that point, I had turned away from reading altogether, not being interested in anything that wasn\u2019t my beloved Magic Tree House books (a very popular American series at the […]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[17,5,60,61,62],"class_list":["post-2976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bath","tag-childrens-literature-festival","tag-erin-hunter","tag-piers-torday","tag-the-last-wild"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n#BathKidsLitFest Day 6: Read everything and Write everything. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s reading a phone book or writing an email. The more you do it, the better you\u2019ll be at both - Bath Children's Literature Festival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/2015\/09\/30\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"#BathKidsLitFest Day 6: Read everything and Write everything. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s reading a phone book or writing an email. The more you do it, the better you\u2019ll be at both - Bath Children's Literature Festival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Animal Stories with Piers Torday and Erin Hunter (Victoria Holmes) I first read Erin Hunter\u2019s Into the Wild when I was about 9 years old. At that point, I had turned away from reading altogether, not being interested in anything that wasn\u2019t my beloved Magic Tree House books (a very popular American series at the [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/2015\/09\/30\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bath Children's Literature Festival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-09-30T07:14:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/09\/AnimalStories.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"680\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"bethcutter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"bethcutter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/30\\\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/30\\\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"bethcutter\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c3b8f1697e2e4b07c9d8c8db856e0a4d\"},\"headline\":\"#BathKidsLitFest Day 6: Read everything and Write everything. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s reading a phone book or writing an email. The more you do it, the better you\u2019ll be at both\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-30T07:14:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/30\\\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":757,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/30\\\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/AnimalStories.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"bath\",\"Children's Literature Festival\",\"erin hunter\",\"piers torday\",\"the last wild\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/30\\\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/30\\\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/30\\\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\\\/\",\"name\":\"#BathKidsLitFest Day 6: Read everything and Write everything. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s reading a phone book or writing an email. The more you do it, the better you\u2019ll be at both - Bath Children's Literature Festival\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/30\\\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/30\\\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/AnimalStories.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-30T07:14:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c3b8f1697e2e4b07c9d8c8db856e0a4d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/30\\\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/30\\\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/30\\\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/AnimalStories.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/AnimalStories.jpg\",\"width\":680,\"height\":450},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/30\\\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"#BathKidsLitFest Day 6: Read everything and Write everything. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s reading a phone book or writing an email. The more you do it, the better you\u2019ll be at both\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bath Children's Literature Festival\",\"description\":\"Bath Children\u2019s Literature Festival 2018 \u2013 Europe\u2019s largest dedicated children\u2019s literature festival takes place Friday 28 September \u2013 Sunday 7 October\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c3b8f1697e2e4b07c9d8c8db856e0a4d\",\"name\":\"bethcutter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f89fa0303f095c82cc6eb6b76a6fd007b13d4bef32326d931f8b1b87d28e0167?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f89fa0303f095c82cc6eb6b76a6fd007b13d4bef32326d931f8b1b87d28e0167?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f89fa0303f095c82cc6eb6b76a6fd007b13d4bef32326d931f8b1b87d28e0167?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"bethcutter\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathfestivals.org.uk\\\/childrens-literature\\\/author\\\/emmacutter\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"#BathKidsLitFest Day 6: Read everything and Write everything. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s reading a phone book or writing an email. The more you do it, the better you\u2019ll be at both - Bath Children's Literature Festival","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/2015\/09\/30\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"#BathKidsLitFest Day 6: Read everything and Write everything. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s reading a phone book or writing an email. The more you do it, the better you\u2019ll be at both - Bath Children's Literature Festival","og_description":"Animal Stories with Piers Torday and Erin Hunter (Victoria Holmes) I first read Erin Hunter\u2019s Into the Wild when I was about 9 years old. At that point, I had turned away from reading altogether, not being interested in anything that wasn\u2019t my beloved Magic Tree House books (a very popular American series at the [...]","og_url":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/2015\/09\/30\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\/","og_site_name":"Bath Children's Literature Festival","article_published_time":"2015-09-30T07:14:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":680,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/09\/AnimalStories.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"bethcutter","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"bethcutter","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/2015\/09\/30\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/2015\/09\/30\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\/"},"author":{"name":"bethcutter","@id":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/#\/schema\/person\/c3b8f1697e2e4b07c9d8c8db856e0a4d"},"headline":"#BathKidsLitFest Day 6: Read everything and Write everything. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s reading a phone book or writing an email. The more you do it, the better you\u2019ll be at both","datePublished":"2015-09-30T07:14:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/2015\/09\/30\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\/"},"wordCount":757,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/2015\/09\/30\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/09\/AnimalStories.jpg","keywords":["bath","Children's Literature Festival","erin hunter","piers torday","the last wild"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/2015\/09\/30\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/2015\/09\/30\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\/","url":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/2015\/09\/30\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\/","name":"#BathKidsLitFest Day 6: Read everything and Write everything. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s reading a phone book or writing an email. The more you do it, the better you\u2019ll be at both - Bath Children's Literature Festival","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/2015\/09\/30\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/2015\/09\/30\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/09\/AnimalStories.jpg","datePublished":"2015-09-30T07:14:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/#\/schema\/person\/c3b8f1697e2e4b07c9d8c8db856e0a4d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/2015\/09\/30\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/2015\/09\/30\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/2015\/09\/30\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/09\/AnimalStories.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/09\/AnimalStories.jpg","width":680,"height":450},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/2015\/09\/30\/bathkidslitfest-day-6-read-everything-and-write-everything-it-doesnt-matter-if-its-reading-a-phone-book-or-writing-an-email-the-more-you-do-it-the-better-youll-be-at-bo\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"#BathKidsLitFest Day 6: Read everything and Write everything. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s reading a phone book or writing an email. The more you do it, the better you\u2019ll be at both"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/","name":"Bath Children's Literature Festival","description":"Bath Children\u2019s Literature Festival 2018 \u2013 Europe\u2019s largest dedicated children\u2019s literature festival takes place Friday 28 September \u2013 Sunday 7 October","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/#\/schema\/person\/c3b8f1697e2e4b07c9d8c8db856e0a4d","name":"bethcutter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f89fa0303f095c82cc6eb6b76a6fd007b13d4bef32326d931f8b1b87d28e0167?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f89fa0303f095c82cc6eb6b76a6fd007b13d4bef32326d931f8b1b87d28e0167?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f89fa0303f095c82cc6eb6b76a6fd007b13d4bef32326d931f8b1b87d28e0167?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"bethcutter"},"url":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/author\/emmacutter\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/childrens-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}